Image copyright Kyodo/Reuters Image caption The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The chief priestess was stabbed to death, reportedly by her brother. A bloodied Samurai sword […]

Image copyright Kyodo/Reuters Image caption The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The chief priestess was stabbed to death, reportedly by her brother. A bloodied Samurai sword […]

Image copyright Delhi Commission for Women Image caption In a video online, the victim said she was “dragged and disrobed” A woman activist was allegedly beaten and paraded naked for fighting against illegal liquor trade in the Indian capital, Delhi. The incident took place on Thursday when the woman and her colleagues were on a […]

A 13-year-old Chinese boy has been arrested for allegedly killing his mother and chopping off her head. The boy reportedly filmed the murder and sent the clip to friends via popular messaging app WeChat. He was arrested several days later after a friend showed the clip to his mother. The incident took place in the […]

Image copyright Taisei Image caption The firm, Taisei, plans to start trialling the drone in April next year A Japanese firm is planning to use a drone to force employees out of their offices by playing music at them if they stay to work evening overtime. The drone will fly through offices after hours playing […]

Image copyright Kyodo/Reuters Image caption The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo. The chief priestess was stabbed to death, reportedly by her brother. A bloodied Samurai sword […]

Image copyright Kyodo/Reuters Image caption The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August Three people have been killed and another injured at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo in what appeared to be a succession feud, local media said. The suspect is thought to have killed his sister the chief priestess, […]

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Many Chinese families use coal to heat their homes China’s government has allowed some northern cities to burn coal in a temporary policy U-turn, as the country faces a heating crisis. Beijing had banned the use of coal for heating this winter in an ambitious plan to reduce pollution. Recent […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The laws have drawn both support and criticism in New South Wales A Sydney man has become the first person to be sentenced under an Australian state’s “one-punch” laws. Those convicted of fatal one-punch assaults while under the influence of drugs or alcohol face minimum eight-year sentences in New […]